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List of shipwrecks in 1958

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Ship	State	Description
Ballyherbert	Ireland	The coaster ran aground near Ardrossan, Ayrshire.^[3]
Stanrealm	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground in Holy Loch. Later refloated and towed to Greenock, Renfrewshire.^[3]
HMS Taciturn	Royal Navy	The T-class submarine ran aground in the Firth of Clyde.^[4] Later refloated with the aid of the boom defence vessel HMS Barcombe ( Royal Navy).^[5]

Ship	State	Description
Hadsel	Norway	The coaster ran aground on the Lofoten Islands and sank. All 46 passengers and crew were rescued.^[9]
ROCS Yong Ning	Republic of China Navy	The Zhen Nan-class minesweeper was wrecked during a typhoon.

Ship	State	Description
Continental	West Germany	The coaster was in collision with the collier Wansbeck ( United Kingdom) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank with the loss of one of her six crew.^[17]
Odin	United States	The 19-gross register ton, 39.5-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Petersburg, Territory of Alaska.^[18]

Ship	State	Description
USS Ford County	United States Navy	The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target.
USS Kent County	United States Navy	The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target.

Ship	State	Description
Pan Ocean	Panama	The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 160 nautical miles (300 km) north west of Alexandria, Egypt (33°15′N 27°55′E). She was on a voyage from Mormugao, India to Genoa, Italy.^[23]
Skaubryn	Norway	The passenger ship sank in the Indian Ocean.

Ship	State	Description
Aquila	Italy	The cargo ship was bombed off Amboina Island, Indonesia by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft and was abandoned by her crew.^[25]^[26]^[27]
Gili Radja	Indonesia	The cargo ship was shelled or bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft at Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[28]^[29]
KRI Hang Tuah	Indonesian Navy	The Radjawali-class corvette was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft off Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. 18 crewmen were killed, 28 wounded.^[30]^[31]
Moro	Panama	The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft at Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[32]^[33]
Mutiara	Indonesia	The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft at Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[34]^[35]
Nuburi	Indonesia	The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft at Donggala, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[36]^[37]
San Flaviano	United Kingdom	The tanker was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft off Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.^[30]^[38]

Ship	State	Description
Armonia	Greece	The cargo ship was bombed and damaged or sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.^[26] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Subsequently salvaged and registered in Panama as Keanyew.
Flying Lark	Panama	The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.^[26] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Nine crewmen were killed, seven missing.^[27]^[39]^[31]

Ship	State	Description
Gayunda	Australia	Gayunda The barge, a former gunboat, was beached at Woody Point, Queensland, Australia, to serve as a breakwater.
Taxiarchis	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire and was beached on Bahrain Island, Bahrain. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to the Persian Gulf. She was refloated on 8 June. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.^[49]

Ship	State	Description
Empress Bay	United States	1958 East River collision: The tanker collided with the cargo ship Nebraska ( Sweden) in the East River in New York City, causing a gasoline spill and subsequent fire and killing three people, one indirectly. She became partially submerged, then sank on 26 June. She was refloated on 9 September.
Nebraska	Sweden	1958 East River collision: The cargo ship collided with the tanker Empress Bay ( United States) in the East River in New York City, causing a gasoline spill and subsequent fire and killing three people, one indirectly. She remained afloat and reached a pier under her own power.

Ship	State	Description
Mercury	United States	The 73-gross register ton, 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Seldovia, Territory of Alaska.^[48]
Omega	Peru	The barque sprang a leak and sank off Peru.

Ship	State	Description
Badger	United States	1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: A megatsunami struck the 19-gross register ton, 40.2-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel while she was at anchor in Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska, carrying her over La Chaussee Spit at the entrance to the bay into the open ocean and wrecking her. The husband and wife who made up her crew abandoned ship in a skiff as she sank and were rescued.^[55]^[56]
Libby 20	United States	The 16-gross register ton, 35.6-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Bumble Bay (57°16′30″N 154°41′30″W) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.^[42]
Sunmore	United States	1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: The 24-gross register ton, 39.4-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel disappeared when a megatsunami she was trying to outrun engulfed her in Lituya Bay in Southeastern Alaska. The bodies of the husband and wife who made up her crew were never found.^[10]^[56]

Ship	State	Description
Max	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 30.5-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Port San Juan (60°03′N 148°04′W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.^[48]
St Nicholas	Liberia	The cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) off Kingston, Jamaica. Salvage efforts were abandoned in September and she was declared a total loss.^[61]

Ship	State	Description
Pen 18	United States	The 7-gross register ton 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in False Pass, Territory of Alaska.^[46]
Pen 29	United States	The 8-gross register ton 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in False Pass, Territory of Alaska.^[46]

Ship	State	Description
Black Witch II	Australia	The schooner, a converted tugboat, was wrecked at Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, during a storm.
Norse Lady	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground on an island in Indonesia. Seized by Permesta Rebels on 16 August and refloated.^[31]

Ship	State	Description
USS Hillsborough County	United States Navy	The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Gulf of California.
Thrasher	United States	The 11-gross register ton, 38.1-foot (11.6 m) motor tug sank off Mary Island (an ambiguous reference, but most likely the Mary Island at 55°06′00″N 131°10′08″W) in the Territory of Alaska.^[62]

Ship	State	Description
No. 175	People's Liberation Army Navy	Chinese Civil War: 1st Battle of Kinmen Island: The motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by ROCS Wei Yuan, ROCS Tou Jiang, and ROCS Xiang Jiang all ( Republic of China Navy). Four crewmen were killed, three were taken as prisoners of war.^[66]
ROCS Tai Sheng	Republic of China Navy	Chinese Civil War: 1st Battle of Kinmen Island: The transport was torpedoed and sunk off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by No. 103, No. 105, No. 175, No. 178, No. 180, No. 184 (all People's Liberation Army Navy). 200 troops killed.^[67]

Ship	State	Description
No. 174	People's Liberation Army Navy	Chinese Civil War: 2nd Battle of Kinmen Island: The motor torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by the patrol vessel ROCS Wei Yuan ( Republic of China Navy).^[70]
No. 180	People's Liberation Army Navy	Chinese Civil War: 2nd Battle of Kinmen Island: The motor torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by the patrol vessel ROCS Wei Yuan ( Republic of China Navy).^[70]

Ship	State	Description
Anna Maria	Portugal	The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada. The 40 crew were rescued by a Spanish trawler. The wreck was later sunk by USCGC Spencer ( United States Navy) as it was a hazard to shipping.^[72]
ROCS Mei Le	Republic of China Navy	Chinese Civil War: The Mei Chin-class Landing ship medium blew up and sank when shelled by People's Liberation Army artillery. 91 crewmen and troops killed.^[70]

Ship	State	Description
USS Hampden County	United States Navy	The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
Rangitiki	New Zealand	The ocean liner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated undamaged.^[77]

Ship	State	Description
Barge No. 18	United States	While under tow by the tug Wando ( United States), the tank barge was wrecked without loss of life on Shemya Island in the Aleutian Islands.^[55]
Zeta Trader	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Pulau Mantaras, 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of Singapore.^[81] Refloated on 29 October.^[82]

Ship	State	Description
Carl D. Bradley	United States	Part of the rweck of Carl D. Bradley in 2007. The lake freighter — a 629-foot (192 m), 10,028-gross register ton bulk carrier — hogged, broke in two, and sank in 310 to 380 feet (94 to 116 m) of water during a storm in Lake Michigan 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of Gull Island with the loss of 33 of her crew of 35.
Haida Maid	United States	The 33-foot (10.1 m) motor vessel disappeared in a snow squall in Lynn Canal near Haines, Territory of Alaska. Wreckage from Haida Maid – containing the body of the only person aboard – came ashore in Sanki Inlet near Dyea, Territory of Alaska, on 29 November.^[89]^[90]

Ship	State	Description
Caltex Wellington	United Kingdom	The Type T2-SE-A2 tanker ran aground in the Suez Canal, 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Port Said, Egypt. Later refloated.^[91]
Dansborg	Denmark	The tanker ran aground in the Suez Canal 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Port Said. Later refloated.^[91]

Ship	State	Description
Argonaftis	Royal Hellenic Navy	The V-class submarine broke her tow and came ashore on the northern coast of Spain. She was refloated at scrapped.
Lena	United States	The 22-gross register ton, 44.5-foot (13.6 m) scow sank off Yakutat, Territory of Alaska.^[42]

Ship	State	Description
Los Mayas	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground at Muskegon, Michigan, United States, and was holed. Later repaired and returned to service.
Tuamotu	Unknown	The vessel, a former United States Navy coastal minesweeper, sank at Tahiti.^[104]

List_of_shipwrecks_in_1958

January

4 January

6 January

9 January

13 January

16 Januaary

21 January

27 January

29 January

31 January

February

4 February

16 February

19 February

25 February

26 February

March

1 March

2 March

9 March

10 March

14 March

19 March

27 March

28 March

31 March

April

6 April

20 April

28 April

28 or 30 April

29 April

May

1 May

2 May

8 May

12 May

13 May

14 May

17 May

22 May

29 May

31 May

June

3 June

6 June

8 June

16 June

17 June

20 June

25 June

26 June

July

1 July

6 July

9 July

14 July

24 July

August

5 August

7 August

8 August

11 August

14 August

15 August

21 August

22 August

24 August

26 August

September

2 September

5 September

8 September

10 September

13 September

17 September

18 September

19 September

24 September